I know Paul Washer has some pretty extreme views on some Christian doctrines, but I think he has a point in this video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RzToNo7A-94#!

A central question arises in this video, are we good? We like to think we are. We view goodness as being only good most of the time. If we fulfill that requirement, then we are good. But on the Christian view, to be truly good (and I'm equating good with righteous) is to be perfect. But to be perfect means to have no imperfection. I think we all have to admit that we are full of imperfection. And so on the Christian view, we are not good. Thus I fail to see how God does not have the right to punish us, if He is truly just, He must punish us. Unless as Paul points out, He dies in our place. So on top of God being well within His rights to judge us, He expressed love and selflessness towards us. This is the main reason why I am skeptical of the atheist claim that God is a moral monster.